Verse 21

Isaiah 13:21

Literal Standard Version

21 And desert-dwellers have lain down there, || And their houses have been full of howlers, || And daughters of an ostrich have dwelt there, || And goats skip there.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/רָבְצוּ שָׁ֣ם צִיִּ֔ים וּ/מָלְא֥וּ בָתֵּי/הֶ֖ם אֹחִ֑ים וְ/שָׁ֤כְנוּ שָׁם֙ בְּנ֣וֹת יַֽעֲנָ֔ה וּ/שְׂעִירִ֖ים יְרַקְּדוּ שָֽׁם
English Translation
And there the ostriches will lie down, and their homes will be filled with owls, and there the daughters of the owl will dwell, and goats will dance there.
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Chapter 13 Context
1 The burden of Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz has seen: Focus ↗
2 “Lift up an ensign on a high mountain, || Raise the voice to them, wave the hand, || And they go int... Focus ↗
3 I have given charge to My sanctified ones, || Also I have called My mighty ones for My anger, || Tho... Focus ↗
4 A voice of a multitude in the mountains, || A likeness of a numerous people, || A voice of noise fro... Focus ↗
5 They are coming in from a far-off land, || From the end of the heavens, || YHWH and the instruments... Focus ↗
6 Howl, for the Day of YHWH is near, || It comes as destruction from the Mighty. Focus ↗
7 Therefore, all hands fail, || And every heart of man melts. Focus ↗
8 And they have been troubled, || Pains and pangs take them, || They are pained as a travailing woman,... Focus ↗
9 Behold, the Day of YHWH comes, || Fierce, with wrath, and heat of anger, || To make the land become... Focus ↗
10 For the stars of the heavens, and their constellations, || Do not cause their light to shine, || The... Focus ↗
11 “And I have appointed evil on the world, || And on the wicked their iniquity, || And have caused the... Focus ↗
12 I make man more rare than fine gold, || And a common man than pure gold of Ophir. Focus ↗
13 Therefore I cause the heavens to tremble, || And the earth shakes from its place, || In the wrath of... Focus ↗
14 And it has been, as a roe driven away, || And as a flock that has no gatherer, || Each to his people... Focus ↗
15 Everyone who is found is thrust through, || And everyone who is added falls by sword. Focus ↗
16 And their sucklings are dashed to pieces before their eyes, || Their houses are spoiled, and their w... Focus ↗
17 Behold, I am stirring up the Medes against them, || Who do not esteem silver, || And gold—they do no... Focus ↗
18 And bows dash young men to pieces, || And they do not pity the fruit of the womb, || Their eye has n... Focus ↗
19 And Babylon, the beauty of kingdoms, || The glory, the excellence of the Chaldeans, || Has been as o... Focus ↗
20 She does not sit forever, || Nor continue to many generations, || Nor does Arab pitch tent there, ||... Focus ↗
21 And desert-dwellers have lain down there, || And their houses have been full of howlers, || And daug...
22 And howlers—he has responded in his forsaken habitations, || And dragons in palaces of delight, || A... Focus ↗